Summary:
Optimizing security and plugging the holes inherent in Windows 2000 networks is a daunting task and new vulnerabilities pop up every day. Break-ins, fraud, sabotage, and DoS downtime are constant realities in this target-rich environment. Hacking Exposed Windows 2000 will teach you, step-by-step, how to defend against the latest attacks by understanding how intruders enter and pilfer compromised networks. Renowned security experts and best-selling authors, Joel Scambray and Stuart McClure, provide examples of real-world hacks, from the mundane to the sophisticated, and detailed countermeasures to protect against them.

• In the tradition of the wildly successful Hacking Exposed - the 2nd edition of which sold over 75,000 units in just four months.

• Unique approach to topic--no other book contains both hacking techniques as well as concrete solutions on how to plug the security holes in a Windows 2000 network.

• Authors have winning track record--written by the best-selling authors of Hacking Exposed who are key Windows 2000 security consultants at Microsoft

• Includes case studies based on the authors of real experiences and also features the trademark Hacking series elements such as attacks, countermeasures, and risk ratings.